Polyarteritis nodosa (PAN): neurological features

Evidence-based neurology checklist on polyarteritis nodosa (pan): neurological features: Central features Ischaemic stroke Lacunar stroke Intracranial haemorrhage (ICH) Intracranial aneurysms Aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) Non-aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) Spinal…

Central features

  • Ischaemic stroke
  • Lacunar stroke
  • Intracranial haemorrhage (ICH)
  • Intracranial aneurysms
  • Aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH)
  • Non-aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH)
  • Spinal subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH)
  • Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES)
  • Vertebral artery vasculitis
  • Cerebral vasculitic masses
  • Carotid artery dissection
  • Vertebral artery vasculitis
  • Seizures
  • Pachymeningitis
  • Ischaemic myelopathy

Cranial nerve palsies

Peripheral features

References

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